Subtitled "a token of the band's esteem from Queen Elizabeth II", you didn't really think Leeds' favourite gang of anarcho-poppers would miss the opportunity to, ah, celebrate the old dear's 50 years on the throne did you? OH, what were you thinking, you foolish children!
Now given extra credence following SIR FAB MACCA'S bizarre "cover" at the recent Buck House ass-kissing extravaganza, "Her Majesty" is just the kind of jaunty, anti-Jubilee jamboree you'd probably expect from the CHUMBAS, only with an added injection of music hall oomph that nicely sends up the whole flatulent jubilee programme for the empty sham it really is.
Although most of the current scene's nostalgic focus seems more interested in Punk's 25-year anniversary (with the inevitable, but sickening repackaging of most of its' original vital elements), it's difficult not to love CHUMBAWAMBA for at least questioning the morally dubious overblown circus that is the Royal Family circa 2002. A publicity stunt, sure, but it beats DANBERT NOBACON'S bucket of water trick with JOHN PRESCOTT any day of the week. (7/10)
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